Out of Left Field
The Grönefeld Brothers announce their first field watch, the 1969 Deltaworks, in a range of colourways with the option of stainless steel or rubber clad inserts for the case.
As to be expected, the quality of the movement is superb. While superior at a technical level, albeit less aesthetically finessed, the psychological dissonance between the materials and price point is on par with the original Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet.
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Hands-On The Tudor Pelagos 39
James Stacey writing for Hodinkee:
gram for gram and spec for spec, the Pelagos is the best dive watch in the world
While I'm partial to the matte, ceramic bezel on the original and appreciated the dimensionality of its dial, I don't mind one bit the switch to the T-Fit clasp. Tudor certainly hit it out of the park with this release.
Image credit Tudor SA
Eva Leube Returns
"When you have a handmade watch, it has a completely different soul to it."
Following up on the duo of curved, Ari timepieces she created, which were named after her firstborn son, Eva has a new timepiece in the works that will bear the name of her second son, Leif.
Beyond the fact that it will be a reworked automatic timepiece, she isn't revealing many details yet.
Image credit Eva Leube
The MIH Watch Is Back
Rebranded as the MII, with a subtle and much welcome change to the chronograph minutes counter.
Too good to vanish, Christian Gafner, the industrial designer behind the minimal aesthetics of the original, has acquired the rights from Embassy Jewel AG and has rebooted production of this highly functional, minimalist classic.
Image credit Christian Gafner GmbH
Walking Cargo Vehicles
One of many illustrations created by Syd Mead for a promotional brochure distributed by US Steel in the late 1960s and early 70s.
US Steel would send the brochure for free to anyone who asked and nearly everyone in the art department at ILM, which produced the visual effects for Star Wars, had one. According to Joe Johnston, who was the visual effects art director on the film, this particular illustration served as the direct inspiration for the AT-AT vehicles in The Empire Strikes Back.
Image credit Syd Mead
ActiveLook
A smartglasses platform centered around an OLED-powered heads-up display embedded in sunglasses.
The hardware itself is a little bulky, but it's nice to see them offer an open SDK. I would have loved to have seen Focals, created by North and later acquired by Google, have a similarly open and developer-friendly platform like this.
